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package com.baidu.jprotobuf.pbrpc.server;

import com.baidu.bjf.remoting.protobuf.IDLProxyObject;

/**
 * IDL service invoker.
 *
 * @author xiemalin
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IDLServiceInvoker {

    /**
     * RPC service call back method.
     * 
     * @param input
     *            request IDL proxy object by protobuf deserialized
     * @param output
     *            return back IDL proxy object to serialized
     * @throws Exception
     *             in case of any exception
     */
    void invoke(IDLProxyObject input, IDLProxyObject output) throws Exception;
    
    
    /**
     * Gets the input.
     *
     * @return the input
     */
    IDLProxyObject getInput();
    
    /**
     * Gets the output.
     *
     * @return the output
     */
    IDLProxyObject getOutput();
}
